your head-start to home cooked. fog the big story nationwide sandy.

good morning thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. president obama has declared new york and long island disaster areas because of the damage they've suffered from superstorm sandy live look at new jersey flooding is a big problem. so far 17 deaths are attributed to the storm. more than seven million up and down the east coast without power, 13 foot storm surge caused widespread flooding. tahman bradley in maryland with an update. >> reporter: along the east coast, signs of sandy's fury, lady liberty's torch out power outages spread, five million in the dark 1.5 million evacuated sandy made landfall along the new jersey coast, 80 mile per hour wind as and flooding high tides, rough surf battered the coastline. this morning entire sections of atlantic city are

underwater. >> people who decided to ride out the storm were left stranded. new jersey governor announced no rescue services until today. >> i cannot in good conscience send them in the dark given all the various hazards that would occur. >> reporter: new york city hit by 13 foot surge of seawater flooding the new ground zero memorial, subway stays and tunnels. -- stations and tunnels. >> reporter: in breezy point, queens, fire destroyed 50 homes. in manhattan, hundreds of patients at this hospital, including babies, had to be evacuated after a back-up generator failed. the city closed all tunnels and bridges, subway and bus service had already been shutdown new york stock exchange closed again today the first time weather has caused it to close for a second day since the 1800s. snow storms in swreufrt jury,

fear of flooding in chicago in ocean city maryland, part of the delmarva peninsula freezing rainfall on and off, tahman bradley, maryland. >> [ inaudible ] >> here's the latest radar, very wide storm from know scotia towards south carolina, -- from nova scotia, towards south carolina, michigan getting snow. look at how much more snow is in this system now that it has wrapped cold air into it. the fact that still got cold air another reason why it is so strong. you can see it spinning throughout central pennsylvania the snow in the mountains here's what is going to happen the next couple of days you can see it slowly start to pull north head up to

the hudson bay even as we head towards the latter parts of thursday, still plenty rain and snow with that system moving through the northeast. it going to be a while before they get things back to norm thousands of flights cancelled because of the storm, including more than 150 at sfo. lilian kim caught up with passengers who might not make it out until the end of the week. >> reporter: hotels near sfo have been busy the past couple of days. passengers and flight crews affected by sandy. [ unintelligible ] they through in from hawaii, their connecting flight was cancelled. >> we had tsunami warnings in hawaii. i dealt with the evacuation of honolulu. >> reporter: earliest flight thursday they are making the most of their stay they plan to visit fish -- fisherman's wharf and the golden gate bridge. >> san francisco how bad can it be.

>> reporter: for others staying is not an option. the doctor has paints scheduled for chemotherapy. he flew -- has patients scheduled for chemotherapy therapy >> st. louis through denver, three hour layover and drive to massachusetts, 22 hours. >> logistical nightmare. >> it mess. i hope we are safe driving. >> reporter: ellen cannes wait for her flight -- can't wait for her flight tomorrow. >> yesterday i had to spend the whole day getting my meds. he i had to take care of running around because i was stuck. >> that was lilian kim reporting from sfo. terry mcsweeney at sfo has given us information there may be some hope that a few flights to the east coast out you of sfo may resume today.

we'll keep tracking that. for up-to-date information on flight cancellations and delays, go to the flight tracker abc7news.com. bay area pitching in to help communities hit by the aftermath of hurricane sandy. members of the california national guard are headed east, 88 troops took off yesterday. they report to north carolina and then deployed from there. >> pg&e assisting its -- sending workers more than 150 to new york to help restore power in the aftermath of sandy bay area crews depart in the next couple of days under maintenance and construct workers, pg&e says electric first responders also on their way their job to help restore power as soon as possible. >> people are posting hundreds of photos online. atlantic city, new jersey getting particularly hard hit you can see this car trying to

get through the deep water. in this picture you can see a man standing by a flooded street in the city. you can just barely make him out there. the roads leading to atlantic city are cracked and water covered. here's another shot of southern manhattan, lower manhattan as they call it, this car in the chelsea district submerged. building in the same neighborhood had its facade torn off you can see the power of this storm. we'll continue to track sandy as damage mounts. katie marzullo is monitoring the latest video and live feeds. she will have a live report in 25 minutes. the city of san francisco planning a big victory celebration for the world champion giants tomorrow. crews started setting up where tomorrow's parade route ends the team arrived home from detroit yesterday after sweeping tigers, huge crowd

greeted the heroes who arrived in a caravan of buses at at&t park sandoval, mvp, holding the trophy for them to enjoy this moment. tomorrow's parade will start at foot of market and go up the street to civic center plaza. if you plan on coming to the parade, mass transit your best option. bart and caltrain running extra trains muni operating more buses to the parade route, golden gate ferry additional service to the ferry building. we posted all details at abc7news.com. you can watch the parade live tomorrow at 11 a.m. right here on abc7, many of us will be out there, come on and say hello also going to stream this live and our ipad app. time to check in with mike

for a look at the weather. >> we are not going to worry about rain for the parade tomorrow. >> not worried about rain maybe fog in the morning 11:00 mostly cloudy, 1:00 partly sunny and 60, cloudy by 4:00 chance of rain you can see rolls in during the evening hours. let's talk about right now. you can see live doppler 7 hd void of any radar returns just a little fog, dense fog advisory until 9:00 this morning for the north bay valleys, san francisco, peninsula, coast down towards gilroy and salinas valley. still patchy dense fog outside of this, this is where most widespread, north bay 3/4 visibility in novato quarter mile santa rosa napa half moon bay also hayward, one of those spots outside of the dense fog advisory still having trouble this morning. foggy, cloudy everywhere

except east bay valleys through 7:00. noon bay fog will linger slow go to burn it off, most abundant sunshine by 4:00, 60s coast, 70s for the rest of us. next three days rain possible in the north bay during the evening for trick-or-treating the rest of us overnight through thursday morning. by friday sunny and warmer on the way ii good morning. -- san jose now, fog 87 northbound past the hp pavillion, comes and goes that is going to be the key might want to give your self extra time. bay bridge clear, nice drive into san francisco on the upper deck, couple problem spots westbound 84 ramp to 680 accident just cleared to the shoulder. chp on scene with stall north 17 highway 85 in san jose, new stall eastbound dumbarton at

toll, pick-up truck stalled in the right lane you may see slowing until they push that out of lanes. 5:11. next, wal-mart takes action as sandy surges across the east coast what it is doing to protect workers and property. we continue to follow tropical storm sandy and the aftermath, live look at atlantic city, new jersey which has born the brunt of the storm, more

check out the golden gate bridge fog into the north bay valleys that's what your morning commute will look like. other than that dry a chance of rain for halloween coming up. nuisance fog for us, sandy now tropical storm deadly as we've been telling you, major headaches for travelers some who could be stranded at our local airports for days. terry mcsweeney is live at sfo. you were saying there is a glimmer of hope that some flights will be able to get outgoing back east? >> reporter: yeah, yesterday all 150 flights in and out of san francisco international to seven big airports back east were cancelled. this morning most have been cancelled but not all. video from yesterday the sign

greeting passengers yesterday and for the most part this morning. boston, baltimore, jfk, newark, philadelphia and two big airports in washington, d.c.. we are getting word there's problems with some flights in and out of pittsburgh as the storm moves in that direction. flights going into charlotte, north carolina may be stopped not because of problem at the airport because there are no rental cars and no hotel rooms available. the advice is contact your airline before you come to the airport. don't do it by phone because they are swamped, people saying 15, 20 minute wait they never did get to talk to anybody, go online. there's a slight chance there are flights getting out of san francisco international back to the east coast today situation improving somewhat. san jose airport announcing cancellations yesterday that may be the same today.

no problems at oakland international, that is the one airport in the bay area that has not been affected by sandy, to this point. if you are going out, please check with your airline ahead of time, online, that's the fastest way to get the most current information. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. reminder for the latest flight information go to the flight tracker on the front page of our website abc7news.com. economic impacts of sandy still tallied analysts don't expect long term damage. insurers are bracing for damage and medical claims in the billions of dollars. the biggest retailer wal-mart has activated emergency operations center at its arkansas headquarters coordinating for stores and clubs in sandy's path wal-mart has 800 facilities along the eastern seaboard. 5:16. sandy raged through one of the most densely populated parks

in the country created another surge, media surge people flocked to computers and televisions to track the weather reports, weather channel had biggest day ever yesterday by streaming storm coverage online, racked up 200 million page views by 7:00 last night. abc 7 weather team providing you the latest on the hurricane as it moved onshore. right now fog is a big issue locally. downtown it has let up a little a couple miles to the west or north you are going to run into some of that thick fog this morning. embarcadero center still have the ferry building glowing in orange this morning the afterglow of another world series title. it is rather dry out this morning other than the thick fog radar quiet starting tomorrow about this time we start to track some of the rain to our north until then,

don't worry about needing wet weather gear radar is going to look like this for the better part of today and tomorrow. the temperatures outside most of us in the 50s a few 40s santa rosa 49, east bay this morning, 49, 46 couple of spots. outside of reporting stations maybe a little cooler. low to mid 50s monterey bay. sunshine east bay and south bay quicker the bay is going to take a while to fade that fog. evening rain halloween drier and warmer weekend on the way. upper 50s to low 60s coast clouds most stubborn upper 60s san francisco and san mateo low to mid 70s most of the bay

inland until you get to east bay valleys upper 70s there. 67 today in monterey, mid 70s around the monterey bay upper 70s inland. tonight everybody gets cloud cover fog maybe not as thick as morning a little drizzle possible as we start to moist end the atmosphere ahead of the -- next system well north two areas of high pressure putting up roadblock going to take this low to hook-up with that front to give momentum to bring rain and bust through areas of high pressure. 1:00 tomorrow afternoon scout showers ahead of the mainline that moves into the north bay during ning you could get wet during trick-or-treating midnight it starts to over spread the entire bay area thursday morning a lot of us dealing with rain and showers behind the system thursday morning commute tougher. half an inch in south bay east bay valleys 3/4 of an inch

around most of the bay up to an inch of rain in the north bay. once we get past that, look at sunshine and warmer weather saturday, sunday and monday. hope you have a great day. san mateo bridge looks fog-free, the dense fog will be a factor if you are driving in certain areas around the bay area. right now this is a nice commute from foster city towards foster city i should say hayward as well eastbound dumbarton bridge south stall at toll in the right lane eastbound pick-up truck blocking the lane. westbound 84 ramp to highway 680 accident off to the shoulder, chp on scene with emergency crews, north 17 highway 85, a stall blocking the lane trying to get that out f you are going to the parade tomorrow 11:00 foot of market take mass transit they are expecting close to a million people that's a lot of folks bart has extra trains, golden gate ferries extra

buses and ferries, muni rerouted around market they will have extra buses and of course caltrain. waze app shows fog in the union city area, according to abc 7 traffic spotters, our traffic app available at the app store and google play if you can maneuver around some of these foggy areas and traffic jams, and it is tree. passengers trying to board a flight at sfo in custody on drug charges. custom officers seized 2 1/2 pounds of cocaine from the man as he was trying to get on a flight to japan yesterday. agents discovered 100 cocaine-filled pellets in his system. he was taken to the hospital where doctors recovered the pellets. now that a san jose marching band has received a royal invite to london it is time to start raising money to get there. the oak high school marching band was invited by the queen to perform at london's new

year's day parade in 2014 and in italy this morning at 11 the band and color guard will kickoff a fundraiser to help them get to europe. next, how you can get a tasty treat today thanks to big play by one of the giants in the world series. warning from the feds about merchandise sold to unsuspecting giants fans. we'll show you how to tell if it is fake. new pink lemonade 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation

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check out san mateo bridge fog not as thick as it has been in other areas you can see there is some out there looking from the east back to the west towards san mateo fog is going to be an issue along the coast, san francisco north bay valleys through at least 9:00 this morning. 5:25. homeland agents may be hitting the streets during tomorrow's parade with an eye out for counterfeit merchandise they've seized items sold near at&t park. >> logos have double print going you look closely at this shirt you can see where the

ink is blocked low quality shirt. >> agents say the merchandise would have been worth $25,000 had it been authentic the fake gear may come from southern california gangs. listen up! everyone is invited to a tree taco at taco bell today thanks to angle gel -- angel pagan. pagan stole second in the 8th inning of game two thursday at at&t park. [ unintelligible ] superstorm living up to its name. latest as sandy sweeps across the east coast including

massive flooding caused by a broken levee. impact sandy is having on the presidential campaign. sneak peek at satellite showing what sandy is doing now with a lot of rain and snow in the northeast. if you are heading that way call ahead, 40s to 60s thrbs, dallas 75 to 90 in phoenix [ inaudible ] .

bay area fog, world series parade and sandy a lot to talk about thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. let's start with sandy.

millions don't have electricity, flooding and wind making damage assessment difficult. latest from katie marzullo live in our newsroom. >> reporter: -- >> she is going to have an update in just a moment. i guess we'll go back to katie right now. there she is. >> reporter: thank you. i have an update on the rescue operation going on in new jersey now this is'/#=9bñ new jersey going on for hours, governor -- this is moonachie, new jersey going on for hours, governor christy saying it was not a levee it was a berm, 800 need to be rescued from a mobile home park is a live look at atlantic city, new jersey the center of the storm came ashore near there

that storm surge cutting off the city from the mainland anyone who did not evacuate was stranded. the storm has killed 17 people, up from 16 within the last hour. that does include a crew member of the ship hms bounty, 7 1/2 million people are without power, some 50 homes destroyed by a fire that is still raging in queens, new york. nearly 200 firefighters have been working to knock down those flames since they broke out last night. firefighters telling our affiliate there 25 people are trapped if the upstairs unit of an apartment building some rescues have to be carried out by here's one of the causes of the power problems, transformer blew in new york there are also power lines down everywhere. >> knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm, the storm has met our expectations extraordinary amount of water throughout lower manhattan there are trees down throughout the city, bad news

is con ed is experiencing power outages on a wide basis. >> reporter: take a look at this new video just in tanker ship stuck on a street near staten island's coastline there is snow in west virginia blizzard warning covering a large part of this state. president obama has declared major disaster in new york and long island which means federal funding will be available. katie marzullo, abc7 news. 5:33. meteorologist mike nicco continues to track san storm is growing during the overnight hours yesterday about 600 by 700 from north to south to east to west nova scotia to atlanta is about 1100 miles that's how big this storm has become and why some are calling it the superstorm because of its size and what it is cranking out cold air wrapped in you can

see the rain in some areas snow developing pennsylvania mountains of maryland, west virginia, virginia down to north carolina and tennessee. look at the snow wrap up to the upper peninsula of michigan sault ste. marie dealing with snow now. 1200 miles across the storm now peak going the entire eastern seaboard and most eastern parts of midwest. as we put night motion still rotating at a good clip, -- put it knee shun still rotating at a good clip. the rain we going to have over the next several days up to one to three inches of rain through about thursday afternoon. we'll continue to talk about sandy the storm forced evacuation of a new york city hospital. new york university langone medical center to move

patient other hospitals last night when back-up generators at the hospital failed. hundreds of patients are being moved out. all eyes on the sky. new york city crane still precariously perched atop a highrise high winds toppled that crane and it has been dangling ever since at level below hundreds, evacuated and people in other buildings moved to lower floors, buildings nearby estimated that winds around 95 miles per hour at the time of the collapse. sandy flooded new york's brooklyn battery tunnel. the normally busy toll road connects manhattan with brooklyn, officials did shut it down holland tunnel as well. things are looking better this morning at sfo after sandy forced cancellation of thousands of flights nationwide. yesterday, all 150 flights to major airports back east were cancelled.

this morning most flights are being cancelled there's a slight chance that some flights could get out today, terry mcsweeney is telling us that. be sure to check online with your airline for the latest on your flight. speaking of terry mcsweeney he'll have a live report from sfo at the top of the hour. for information check our flight tracker on the front page of our website abc7news.com. the storm is having a big impact on the presidential race. mitt romney cancelled an event in wisconsin last night and made his staff available for storm relief. president obama cancelled campaign events in florida, virginia so he could return to washington and the white house to manage federal storm relief. traditional campaigning is taking a backseat to the storm analysts say it is important for each candidate to look presidential during the disaster. we continue to follow the latest in the aftermath of tropical storm sandy with

first light officials are getting a better grasp of how much damage it has caused so far. a much happier story you want an early start if you plan on heading downtown tomorrow for the world series championship parade, a million people are expected to attend. amy hollyfield is live at civic center plaza. they are recommending mass transit, right? >> reporter: yes they definitely are. a million people coming to see their giants this is where they will take the stage and greet their adoreing fans in civic center plaza, at fulton, facing the library, the team will be here tomorrow morning but some fans couldn't wait until then they wanted to see the players right away so they went to at&t park yesterday to great them as soon as they arrived home from detroit. those who waited got a little show. mvp sandoval showed off the

world series trophy to the crowd, which delighted them, of course. the team arrived home about 5:00 yesterday afternoon. it has been a whirlwind they say they've had little time for sleep. >> they are so special, you try to catch up events right now the boys are still probably a little numb we had a long night last night celebrating, we had a great time i think they got needed rest on the plane and we'll rest up a couple days and enjoy wednesday's parade. >> reporter: here's the route, the parade will start at the base of market at justin herman plaza. the team will make its way up market up to civic center plaza it starts at 11:00 in the morning. they are recommending public transportation even that is going to be crowded they say the 2010 world series parade celebration was the busiest day in bart's history.

don't underestimate giants' fans they like to be near their team, supporting them. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. you can watch the parade live tomorrow starting at 11 a.m. right here on abc 7 we will also stream it live on abc7news.com and our ipad app. if you care to relive the highlights of the 2010 parade, like i do, go to abc7news.com, great highlights of the players from that parade. >> nice to have that option. two world series and watch them both. let's check in with mike. i have a feeling huff won't be doing the same thing he did last time, just a guess. good morning, let's take a look at the timeline for the parade and the weather you can expect i put 10:00 people are going to be gathering before 11:00, 10:00 this morning in san francisco, 58°, mostly

cloudy, breaks in the clouds by 11:00 and 61. last time it took three hours to wrap up the festivities by 2:00, we'll see partly cloudy conditions and mild about 67°. live doppler 7 hd, look again you say dense fog for the morning commute, really? yeah you have to drive through that again in the north bay valleys, san francisco and down on the peninsula coast this is just according to the national weather service if you look at the observation east bay shoreline pretty foggy, you meet the criteria in hayward, quarter mile visibility or less, oakland half mile. these visibilities hang around through 9:00. like yesterday, that cloud cover going to be stubborn to burn off, just such a low sun angle this time of year not a lot of energy foggy and cloudy through 7:00, in the 50s bay area fog will continue around

noon and out at the coast, coast in the 50s the rest of us in the 60s, brightest weather around 4:00, low to mid 70s around the bay and coast upper 60s i should say upper 60s coast low to mid 70s bay and inland tomorrow rain for trick-or-treaters. san rafael you can see the fog swooped in tail lights disappearing south 101 towards civic center into central san rafael speeds a factor through the fog golden gate bridge not down on the span traffic flowing nicely there. bart, muni, caltrain all on time at this hour, great options if you are going to the parade tomorrow, mass transit is the key. drive out of antioch slow and go towards highway 242, typically slow in the antioch area.

elsewhere, earlier stall at dumbarton bridge tolls cleared out of lanes, good news there. new stall north 880 at high blocking right lane. accident southbound basco road at camino diablo involving a motorcycle, slow there, lane of traffic blocked there as well. next, what a difference a year makes. oakland mayor quan delivers positive news about the city's financial picture. verdict in the michelle le murder case. the family tells abc7 news if

welcome back. check thought picture from emeryville how thick the fog is on east bay shore tail lights headed towards the maze we'll talk to sue to find out how the toll plaza is doing. [ inaudible ] 5:45. san mateo county sheriff's department is asking for the public's help locating a woman they say is responsible for stealing cars and then burglarizing the homes of victims. jennifer lee prince is wanted for questioning over the past several months investigators say she has broken into homes and stolen cars along the san mateo county coast. they say she is working with a man. anyone with information is urged to call the sheriff's

office. the woman accused of killing nursing student michelle le is headed to prison for a long time. a jury convicted giselle esteban of first degree murder yesterday. le disappeared in may 2011 her body was found four later. her family says it is good to have closure but it doesn't bring michelle back. >> for someone like that to be taken away is really hard. she took michelle's life. she took her life. that's for god to judge. >> giselle esteban will spend a minimum of 25 years in prison sentencing set for early december. oakland mayor quan says new report indicates the city is in its strongest fiscal position in a decade. the mayor says city revenues exceeded budget special tastes by almost 35 million dollars in the last quarter -- of the

fiscal year that leaves oakland with 83 million dollar general fund reserve. quan says the city had to make 318 million dollars in budget cuts as well as eliminating 740 jobs in the last six years to balance the budget. next, much of the east coast struggling to get back to normal after sandy. it is going to take a while. bloomberg business report is next. storm is producing serious blood shortage on the east coast there's a way for to you help. how often should we get mammograms? what new research reveals that could surprise a lot of w ♪

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5:50. we'll give you figures on sandy. the numbers were updated the storm has killed 18 people, that includes a crew member of the ship hms bounty, the captain is still missing at sea. 7 1/2 million are without power the number of homes destroyed in the raging fire in queens, was just updated to between 80 and 100. that's 80 and 100 homes almost double what was previously thought. this morning the american red cross is making appeal it urgently needs blood donations. to help make up for the blood loss they are planning numerous drives in the bay area this week. we'll tell you where to go, go to abc7news.com, click on see it on tv. see if maybe you can help. time for the weather forecast. mike is here. >> hard to see this morning

diving in. >> a lot of fog out there. -- driving in. >> a lot of out there. you can see at the golden gate bridge definitely foggy, mainly the bridge deck is dry, as the moisture is hanging in the air not like it is falling out or drizzle or any dew or anything is developing on the road this morning that is some good news for the commute. live doppler this time tomorrow we'll be tracking rain moving to our north we'll be anticipating it moving into the north bay during trick-or-treating time right now all is quiet other than the fog. 49 santa rosa, 48 half moon bay, everybody else in the low to mid 50s mountain view, the warm spot 57° this morning. low to mid 50s around the monterey bay inland to salinas, gilroy cool spot 48, sunshine around the bay again out to the coast like yesterday east bay valleys hardly any cloud

cover now, most sunshine also the warmest this afternoon evening rain for halloween dry and warmer weekend. east bay valleys mid to upper 70s. low to mid 70s for everybody else san mateo and san francisco upper 60s there, upper 50s to low 60s brisk day along the coast. monterey bay 67 monterey mid 70s -- upper 70s -- clouds for everybody tonight patchy drizzle at best, mild once again, low to mid 50s most of us should be close to 40s this time of year. two areas of high pressure double teaming this cold front, going to ask the low to come in and help it push through these areas of high pressure which it will start doing tomorrow. 1:00 you can see showers ahead of the main steady band of rain moving in with the cold front. mainly stays in the north bay

during the early evening hours tomorrow. then it pushes across the rest of the bay overnight and throughout morning hours, all of us are going to have to contend with rain for thursday's morning commute, more so than for wednesday's evening trick-or-treating up to half inch south bay, east bay valleys. up to inch green in the north bay. thursday afternoon we start to see a little sun break out, increasing sun and warmer weather, friday, saturday, sunday and monday. we see visibility improving in san jose just a little bit ago the fog was much thicker north 17 past hp pavillion lived and visibility is better there.

-- want to look at your waze app this will help navigate around not only traffic jams you can see traffic spotters are giving you fog updates as well. exclusive traffic app waze on the app store and google play and it is free. 5:55. u.s. financial markets still paralyzed by sandy closed for a second day. >> reporter: good morning u.s. stock markets closed again today the first time that has happened two days in a row since 1888, parts of the city underwater, entire neighborhoods without power last night city officials said they were dealing with 10,000 911 calls per hour. connecticut analysis says insured losses may exceed six billion dollars with the bulk

in new york, new jersey, pennsylvania and maryland. total damages at as high as 20 billion dollars. sandy impacting the nation's energy markets too. refineries in the storm's path forced to temporarily shutdown or lower output help push crude oil down to a three month low yesterday. people flooded into home improvement chains and hardware stores to get ready for sandy. analysts at citigroup forecasting dramatic drop in foot traffic over the next week this may result in 3% drop in u.s. november retail sales. screening for breast cancer saves lives. experts say it could cause more harm than thought. panel says mammograms saved the lives of over 1300 women

each ear, at the same time women are over diagnosed. unnecessarily treated for cancer that would never have threatened their lives. next, superstorm sandy has left a lot of passengers stranded at sfo. the glimmer of hope that some of those flights could get out today. protecting teens on the internet. michael finney looks at privacy concerns that come with new apps.